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package com.alibaba.wasp.client;

import com.alibaba.wasp.master.FMasterMonitorProtocol;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * A KeepAlive connection is not physically closed immediately after the close,
 * but rather kept alive for a few minutes. It makes sense only if it's shared.
 * 
 * This interface is used by a dynamic proxy. It allows to have a #close
 * function in a master client.
 * 
 * This class is intended to be used internally by HBase classes that need to
 * speak the MasterMonitorProtocol; but not by final user code. Hence it's
 * package protected.
 */
public interface MasterMonitorKeepAliveConnection extends FMasterMonitorProtocol,
    Closeable {
  @Override
  public void close();
}
